Ok how are you at Old Money...

[askyourgran]

Can you reckon up how much we have here, in old money:

1. Part of a large monkey's leg.
2. Royal Headgear
3. Sick Sea Creature.
4, Bicycle
5. Pluto, Andromeda Galaxy, the Black Hole,
6.. A Singer
7. A leatherworker
8. A Mans' name
9. A stone
10.Certain kind of Pig
11 Hit repeatedly.

[TheWinner]

2 A Crown (five shillings)

[TheWinner]

4) Penny Farthing

[Answerprancer]

8, Bob

[craft1948]

7 Tanner (6d)

[TheWinner]

8) a BOB

[Prudie]

3 six quid
7 tanner (6d)
10 guinea £1 1s

[craft1948]

6. Tenor?

[boxtops]

1. ape-knee

[tamborine]

1. monkey = £500. Half a monkey = £250

[askyourgran]

A tenner craft. ......

Doing well

[Prudie]

5 farthing (far thing?)

[TheWinner]

11) Smacker

[ttfn]

gran I am stumped on 3!
1 Ha'penny ape knee
2 5 shillings crown
3 Six pounds six squid ;o)
4 penny farthing
7 six pence tanner
8 1 shilling Bob
10 2 shillings 6 pence hog
11 1 pound smacker

[x-ray]

1. Could be halfpenny ....APE KNEE

[boxtops]

Nice thread Gran...

[tamborine]

singer = robin - farthing

[ttfn]

gran is No 5 an astronomical amount?

boom boom

[tamborine]

3. squid

[tamborine]

must be one for florin, 2s

[ttfn]

tambo - I am just glad thrupenny bits aren't in there !